SearchGetRecordMcCann Collection: Miscellaneous (1963-1968)
Collection Summary
Collection Title
McCann Collection: Miscellaneous (1963-1968)
Description
One scrapbook of programmes from 1963 to 1968. The programmes are from the United Kingdom, Isle of Mann and Eire. The collection includes a number of programmes promoted by Norman McCann. There are also a number of programmes from concerts featuring Lucille Graham (wife of Norman McCann). The majority of the collection has one programme per leaf; occasionally there is one programme per page or even two programmes per page.
The collection includes a large number of opera and dance programmes, including a number of programmes from the dance event "Spanish Fiesta" and programmes from the Dublin Grand Opera Society from performances given in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
The collection includes a significant number of concert programmes and programmes from entertainments which included concert items: Winter Gardens Pavilion Theatre, Blackpool; Greenford Hall [Ealing] (2 + 1 ballet); Hintlesham Hall, Ipswich; Putney Embankment, Leaders Gardens; Acton Town Hall [Ealing] (2); Battersea Central Library; Battersea Town Hall [Lavender Hill]; Music ŕ la Carte, St. Martin’s Lane [“Opera Restaurant”]; Lewisham Concert Hall (7 - including Ballet etc.); De Montfort Hall, Leicester; Princess Theatre, Torquay (1 flyer including concert details; 6 programmes for opera or ballet); Fairfield Hall, Croydon (2); Brangwyn Hall, Swansea; Solihul Civic Hall; Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, Isle of Man; City Hall, Newcastle; Royal Albert Hall; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Paignton Festival Hall; Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone; Queen Elizabeth Hall (2); Lesser Free Trade Hall; Theatre Royal, St. Helens (4 items incl. flyers, programmes); Wigmore Hall (5); Purcell Room (6); Guildhall [London?]; Ealing Town Hall.
In addition, there are a number of programmes from the following tours: “A night in Vienna” (British Concert Orchestra, cond. Vilem Tausky); Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (including performances with the Copenhagen University Choir); Welsh tour by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (28/11-2/12 1963); Welsh tour by Bulgarian Svetoslav Obretenov a Capella Choir (10/11-17/11 1966); Welsh tour by Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra (1968); Welsh tour by Bulgarian National Choir (no year, but after 1966); Welsh tour by Budapest Symphony Orchestra.
There are prospectuses from the following festivals: Llangollen International Eisteddfod (3); Hintlesham Summer Festival; Annual Festival of Music [Nottingham Masonic Music Association – concerts held in the Masonic Hall, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham]; Wallasey Arts Festival. There is a concert programme from the Harlow Festival where the concert venue has not been specified.
There is a programme from a joint venue concert series held in Ealing Town Hall and Woodlands Hall, Crown Street, Acton. There is a concert diary from the District of Cwmbran (Sept. 1965 to May 1966). There is also a small amount of programmes where the venue has not been specified.
The collection includes a large number of opera and dance programmes, including a number of programmes from the dance event "Spanish Fiesta" and programmes from the Dublin Grand Opera Society from performances given in the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin.
The collection includes a significant number of concert programmes and programmes from entertainments which included concert items: Winter Gardens Pavilion Theatre, Blackpool; Greenford Hall [Ealing] (2 + 1 ballet); Hintlesham Hall, Ipswich; Putney Embankment, Leaders Gardens; Acton Town Hall [Ealing] (2); Battersea Central Library; Battersea Town Hall [Lavender Hill]; Music ŕ la Carte, St. Martin’s Lane [“Opera Restaurant”]; Lewisham Concert Hall (7 - including Ballet etc.); De Montfort Hall, Leicester; Princess Theatre, Torquay (1 flyer including concert details; 6 programmes for opera or ballet); Fairfield Hall, Croydon (2); Brangwyn Hall, Swansea; Solihul Civic Hall; Gaiety Theatre, Douglas, Isle of Man; City Hall, Newcastle; Royal Albert Hall; Civic Hall, Wolverhampton; Paignton Festival Hall; Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone; Queen Elizabeth Hall (2); Lesser Free Trade Hall; Theatre Royal, St. Helens (4 items incl. flyers, programmes); Wigmore Hall (5); Purcell Room (6); Guildhall [London?]; Ealing Town Hall.
In addition, there are a number of programmes from the following tours: “A night in Vienna” (British Concert Orchestra, cond. Vilem Tausky); Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra (including performances with the Copenhagen University Choir); Welsh tour by the London Philharmonic Orchestra (28/11-2/12 1963); Welsh tour by Bulgarian Svetoslav Obretenov a Capella Choir (10/11-17/11 1966); Welsh tour by Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra (1968); Welsh tour by Bulgarian National Choir (no year, but after 1966); Welsh tour by Budapest Symphony Orchestra.
There are prospectuses from the following festivals: Llangollen International Eisteddfod (3); Hintlesham Summer Festival; Annual Festival of Music [Nottingham Masonic Music Association – concerts held in the Masonic Hall, Goldsmith Street, Nottingham]; Wallasey Arts Festival. There is a concert programme from the Harlow Festival where the concert venue has not been specified.
There is a programme from a joint venue concert series held in Ealing Town Hall and Woodlands Hall, Crown Street, Acton. There is a concert diary from the District of Cwmbran (Sept. 1965 to May 1966). There is also a small amount of programmes where the venue has not been specified.
Format
Date range of collection
1963 - 1968
Accumulation Dates
-
Suggested Audience
Not Specific
Associated People or Organisations
- Annual Festival of Music (Nottingham Masonic Music Association) -
- Band of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers -
- British Concert Orchestra -
- Budapest Symphony Orchestra -
- Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra -
- Bulgarian National Choir -
- Bulgarian Svetoslav Obretenov a Capella Choir -
- Copenhagen University Choir -
- Court Ensemble -
- Czech Radio Symphony Orchestra -
- Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra -
- Dods, Marius -
- Dublin Grand Opera Society -
- Dunav Balkan Group of Musicians -
- Feiling, Neil -
- Graham, Lucille -
- Harlow Festival -
- Hintlesham Festival -
- Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod -
- London Philharmonic Orchestra -
- Matheson, John -
- McCann, Norman -
- Miles, Maurice -
- Morriston Orpheus Choir -
- New Philharmonic Orchestra -
- Philomusica of London -
- Prague Chamber Orchestra -
- Robinson, Stanford -
- Royal Philharmonic Orchestra -
- Rumanian Madrigal Choir -
- Spanish Fiesta -
- Tausky, Vilem -
- Wallasey festival -
Associated Places
- Agriculture House, Knightsbridge: Queen Elizabeth Room
- Brangwyn hall, Swansea
- Central Library, Battersea
- City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- Civic Centre, Solihull
- Civic Hall, Wolverhampton
- Congress Theatre, Eastbourne
- De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea
- De Montford Hall, Leicester
- Fairfield Halls, Croydon
- Festival Hall, Paignton
- Gaiety Theatre, Douglas
- Gaiety Theatre, Dublin
- Greenford Hall, Ealing
- Guildhall, City of London
- Guildhall, Portsmouth
- Hintlesham Hall, Ipswich
- King's Hall, Derby
- Leaders Gardens, Putney
- Leas Cliff Hall, Folkestone
- Lesser Free Trade Hall
- Lewisham (Concert) Hall
- Llantarnam School: Hall
- Music ŕ la Carte, St. Martin's Lane
- Music Hall, Shrewsbury
- Parr Hall, Warrington
- Pavilion, Hemel Hempstead
- Princess Theatre, Torquay
- Purcell Room
- Queen Elizabeth Hall
- Royal Albert Hall
- Theatre Royal, St. Helens
- Town Hall, Acton
- Town Hall, Battersea
- Town Hall, Ealing
- Town Hall, Loughborough
- Town Hall, Wembley (became Town Hall, Brent)
- Wigmore Hall
- Woodlands Hall, Acton
Associated Times
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Location Details
Royal Academy of Music Museum
Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT Open Map
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museum@ram.ac.uk
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020 7873 7443
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020 7873 7374
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12.00pm - 4.00pm Weekends
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Accrual Status
Closed
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